Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Experimental Futures)
ISBN-13:
9781478000723
ISBN-10:
1478000724
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Gökçe Günel
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Duke University Press Books
Format:
Hardcover
272 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781478000723
ISBN-10:
1478000724
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Gökçe Günel
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Duke University Press Books
Format:
Hardcover
272 pages
Summary
Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Experimental Futures) (ISBN-13: 9781478000723 and ISBN-10: 1478000724), written by authors
Gökçe Günel, was published by Duke University Press Books in 2019.
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Description
In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who attempted to build a post-oil future in Abu Dhabi. While many of Masdar's initiatives—such as developing a new energy currency and a driverless rapid transit network—have stalled or not met expectations, Günel analyzes how these initiatives contributed to rendering the future a thinly disguised version of the fossil-fueled present. Spaceship in the Desert tells the story of Masdar, at once a “utopia” sponsored by the Emirati government, and a well-resourced company involving different actors who participated in the project, each with their own agendas and desires.
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